(HISTORY) What was told for the Turkish soldiers during /after fighting at Gallipoli ?

...here are some quotes for the Turkish soldiers told by Australians during and after fighting at Gallipoli, 1915.


- “ We had no idea of Turks before Gallipoli. However, after the war ended, I thought Johnny Turk wasn’t too bad at all. When we fight they were alert and ready to shoot all time. We were respecting them. “ [Newsreader, 100 years old, Martin A. Brooke]

- " I reckon the Turk respects us, as we respect the Turk, Abdul's a good, clean fighter - we've fought him, and we know" [Lieutenant Oliver Hogue ]

- “You will hear extraordinary horrible stories practiced by Turks. Well, don’t believe a word of them. They are grossly exaggerated if not wholly false. You will be surprised at the gentlemanly way the Turks has fought us. " Jim Haynes (Cobbers - Stories of Gallipoli 1915 p. 178)


- “ After the terrible punishment inflicted upon the brave but futile assaults all bitterness faded … The Turks displayed an admirable manliness … From that morning onwards the attitude of the Anzac troops towards the individual Turks was rather that of opponents in a friendly game.‘ [ Charles. E Bean, the Australian official historian, The Story of Anzac, Vol II, Sydney, 1924, p.162 ]

- “The Anzacs left Gallipoli without hatred in their heart for their enemy or bitterness at the incompetence of their own high command”. [ A.K. Macdouggall Australia in History – Gallipoli Middle East 1915-1918, page 19]

- “ They (Turks) too were fighting for their country. Good and fair fighters. No. They fought very fair and honestly like us. Both sides lost their very valuable men.” [E.W.BARTLETT - was born in Australia, 1891. 11. Light Horse Regiment. One Hundred years old. He was one of last two hundred who left the Dardanelle. ]

- “The Turks have always proved themselves perfectly willing to have armistices and have actually asked for one at Helles which was refused by our General Staff.‘ [Excerpted from Ashmead-Bartlett’s dairy]

- ” The Turkish sniper understood that we were searching for him. He shot once and the doctor got wounded. When he realized that he was a doctor, he didn’t shoot again.” Exerted from Sydney Alexander Moseley, former war correspondent during the Gallipoli Campaign



- Turk fight fairly:
“ It is stated in messages from Cairo that the majority of wounded who have arrived there deny the stories of Turkish atrocities. They state that the Turks are fighting most fairly. In one case, a Turk dressed the wounds of a British soldier under fire. Another left his water bottle with a wounded Australian. An Australian who was taken prisoner but subsequently escaped stated he was very well treated.” [The Australian Press, during the Gallipoli Campaign. This article extracted from the Melbourne paper “ [Keith Remington M.L.A, Tuesday 22nd June 1915 collected the Argus, from the Parliamentary Library service. ]

Gul Arslan
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(HISTORY) Why 'Johnny Turks' ?

`Abdul’ becomes `Johnny Turk’ ...

" I reckon the Turk respects us, as we respect the Turk, Abdul’s a good, clean fighter – we’ve fought him, and we know" [Lieutenant Oliver Hogue ]


The term ‘ Johnny Turk ’ was used (majority by Australians) during the First World War refering to ‘ Turkish Soldiers ' .